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Hello Mini Pocket Album Tutorial

Posted on May 19, 2015 by Christine Emberson

Hi everyone, Christine here today with a mini pocket album tutorial. These albums are great to make as they consist of pockets to store photos, tickets and ephemera, a great gift or perhaps a keepsake for yourself of a memorable event.

How to Make a Mini Pocket Album

First cut two chipboard covers – these measure 5” x 4 ½”. Then cut four pieces of your choice of patterned paper to match the chipboard sizing – I chose Kaisercraft Bow and Arrow papers, affix to front and inside covers using E-Z Runner® Permanent Strips Refillable.

Put these to one side and then create your inner pockets. Cut various colored card 8″ x 8″, score at 4″, rotate and score at 3.2″. Fold longest section first, then fold in half – this will create pockets. The open side goes to the spine of your mini album.

Now for the decorating, I affixed a tag to the front cover using 3D Foam Squares White, Regular.

To bind the pocket album, punch holes 1¼“ inches in from each edge of the cover and also hole punch the pockets. Insert book rings. It’s a good idea to do this before you decorate the pockets so you can see where your holes are. I decorated the inner pockets by die cutting aperture shapes and adding patterned paper behind with Crafty Power Tape.

I continued decorating the additional pockets, adding strips of paper, bunting and more.

The finished book cover.

You can add additional pockets as and when you need them.

Have fun creating pockets for photos, quotes, tickets…the list is endless 🙂

Christine

Supplies:

Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L: E-Z Runner® Permanent Strips Refillable, 3D Foam Squares White, Regular, Crafty Power Tape

Spellbinders dies – Pretty Petals D
Paper: Kaisercraft – Bow and Arrow
Additional supplies: chipboard, book rings, various colored cardstock, kraft tag, twine.

How to Cut 3D Foam Sheets for Graduation Gift Card Holder

Posted on May 17, 2015 by Margie Higuchi

Did you know you can easily cut our 3D Foam Creative Sheets with a wafer thin die?! Let me show you how I created a fun dimensional accent on my gift card holder for an upcoming graduate. Can you believe it’s that time of the year?!

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Let’s assemble the holder. I used a die template to cut out a pocket, scored and adhered it with E-Z Runner® Permanent Strips.

For the accent piece, I cut a strip of the 3D Foam Creative Sheets because I only needed just enough for the die template. With about the same size patterned paper, I place over the 3D Foam piece. The die was placed last and then cut/embossed through my manual die cutting machine.

To finish the edges, I colored it using a pastel pencil that had a similar tone of blue. I placed the foam die cut diagonally on the front of holder by removing the back liner.

Next I stamped the sentiment onto cream cardstock, placed a circle die over it and cut/embossed. It needed a mat to dress it up a bit so I adhere a larger sized circle die cut with E-Z Runner® Permanent Strips. Then I applied 3D Foam Squares – Black, Regular on the back of the stamped circle. Adhere over the accent piece.

Insert the gift card and it’s ready to be given!

Supplies List:

Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L®: 3D Foam Creative Sheets, E-Z Runner® Permanent Strips and 3D Foam Squares – Black, Regular
Patterned Paper: Authentique Papers (Playful Collection)
Cardstock: Darice/Core’dinations ColorCore Cardstock (Cream)
Die: A Jillian Vance Design ({die}signer Pocket) and Spelbinders® Creative Arts (S4-114 Standard Circles LG, S4-116 Standard Circles SM and SCD-014 Embellish It)
Stamp: A Jillian Vance Design (Con{GRAD}ulations Stamp Set – retired)
Colors: Faber-Castell® Design Memory Craft® (Pastel Pencil #145 and Pitt Artist Pen Big Brush Black)
Other: Gift Card

For more graduation themed inspiration, visit graduation projects by Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L!

As always, thank you for visiting!
MargieH

Artsy Tags – An Inspired Tutorial!

Posted on May 16, 2015 by Beth Pingry

Hi, It’s Beth! I loved this guest post from Birgit Koopsen, Create Beautiful Texture with Adhesive Sheets Tutorial from about a year ago. Here is my interpretation of Birgit’s project as Artsy Tags.

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Artsy Tag Tutorial

Spray shipping tags with Spritzers. I also sprayed with water to create a more mottled look. Dry well, I used a heat gun to speed up the process.

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Using a 4×6″ Adhesive Sheet, randomly place the adhesive onto the tags, burnish a little then lift off, repeat until you are satisfied with the coverage.

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Add clear embossing powder on top of the exposed adhesive.

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Here’s the before.

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Here’s the after, with the melted embossing powder.

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Next I added some white pigment ink to the dark green tag, then some metallic spritzes, then I swirled the ink pads onto the tags to add another look to the background.

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I die cut this design from both white and black 3D Foam Creative Sheets.

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To add Pigment Powder, it’s easier to expose about half of the die cut, rub on the Pigment Powder. Then peel off the rest of the liner and finish applying Pigment Powder. You won’t see a line and it’s much easier – trust me!

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I cut the die cuts in halves and quarters and added to the tags. On the green and blue tags I used BoBunny stickers (using 3D Foam Squares) and gems, and an old button. On the orange tag I used a splash of water and white embossing powder, white flowers and the stamped Blessings.

Artsy Tags by Beth Pingry

I realize this looks like a fair amount of work, but it really went fast, and was soooo easy! You have so many options with the color combinations!

Thanks for visiting, I hope you are enjoying our little inspiration series!

Beth Pingry

Supplies Used:

Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L®: Adhesive Sheets 4×6″, , 3D Foam Creative Sheets, 3D Foam Squares
Clearsnap: Colorbox Spritzers (Golf Course, Pumpkin Pie, Putty), Embossing Powder (White and Clear) Pigment Ink: Frost White, Mixed Media Inx (Wisteria, Peridot, Patina) Fluid Chalk Ink: Butterscotch
Spellbinders: Celtic Medallion 2
BoBunny Press: stickers, gems
Unity Stamp Company: Chalk it Up set
American Crafts: Chalk Markers
Schwan Stabilo – Aquarellable Pencil
Recollections: Flowers
Misc: Shipping tags, ribbon, button, Pigment Powder – Gold and Brown

See how Christine Meyer uses this technique on a scrapbook page:

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Awesome Father’s Day Card using Adhesive Sheets

Posted on May 15, 2015 by AJ Otto

Hello!! AJ here to share a masculine card using Adhesive Sheets.

I really loved Stephanie’s post Easter Card with 3D Foam Easter Shapes and Paper Scraps so I thought I would give it try for my card. Father’s Day is next month, and if your calendar is booked up like mine, it’s probably a good idea to work ahead! 😉

I have a TON of paper strips all over the place, and thought it would be a great way to use of these scraps! To start, I used an older color of card stock and adhered the strips one by one, butted right up to each other using E-Z Squares® Refillable.

Here’s all the strips lined up and ready for action.

I ran it through my die cutting machine and adhered it to my card base using Crafty Foam Tape. Any time I have an intricate word die cut, I use the Adhesive Sheets. These make life so much easier! Remove the liner, place your card stock down onto the adhesive. Burnish a bit. Place your word face down onto the black card stock. This will allow for the back of your word die cut to be sticky. *If you want the front sticky for adding foil or glitter, flip the whole sheet over, and lay the word down on the other side.
Run it through your die cutting machine and this pops right out and is ready to go!

I don’t add a lot of frilly items to my fathers day cards, or to cards I make for any guys…Those types of details are usually lost. 😉

Enjoy!
AJ

Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L® products used: Adhesive Sheets; Crafty Foam Tape; & E-Z Squares® Refillable

Stamps/Dies- Lil’ Inkers, cardstock, patterned paper

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Father’s Day Card Tutorial – Drawing Inspiration From Angela Ploegman

Posted on May 14, 2015 by Asia King

Hello everybody! Asia King here and today I am sharing a card that was inspired by a project created by my super talented teammate Angela Ploegman. Angela made this awesome Chic Treat Bag using gold leaf and Adhesive Sheets. I loved the textured shimmer so I wanted to try gold leafing, too! I happened to have some clear acrylic pieces to hand so I thought I would try to apply the gold leaf to an acrylic sheet.

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So here’s the result of my efforts and a full tutorial for my card. Let’s begin!

1. Cut several strips of Adhesive Sheets in varying widths. Arrange them loosely on the acrylic sheet to make sure you are happy with the layout.

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2. Peel off the yellow backing and apply the adhesive to the acrylic sheet. Take a break between the strips, if required :).

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3. Fill in any remaining gaps with MyStik® Permanent Strips for added texture.

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4. Remove the white protective sheet from the adhesive and apply gold leafing in sections.

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5. Using a metal distressing tool add random tears and scratches for a distressed, worn look.

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6. Stamp the music themed background images with black StazOn ink directly onto the acrylic piece and gold leafing.

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7. Using your acrylic piece as a guide, trim a piece of black card stock as tall as the acrylic piece and 3/4 inch wider than the acrylic. Score along the card to create a 3/4 inch fold as shown. This will become your card’s insert/base.

To embellish the fold, stamp music notes with clear embossing ink and heat emboss it in gold.

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8. Trim the patterned paper to fit within the card base and adhere using MyStik® Permanent Strips.

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9. Wrap the fold around the acrylic front and secure it using Extreme Double-Sided Tape 1/2″.

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10. Punch a couple of holes and inert two gold eye lets.

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11. Stamp additional images onto the pattern paper, ink the edges and mat with black cardstock.

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12. Adhere the elements with MyStik® Permanent Strips.

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14. Secure the sentiment panel to the acrylic front with Extreme Double-Sided Tape 1/2″.

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15. Add a few stars and cover them with left over gold leafing. Finish the card with a ribbon, glitter alpha stickers and sequins.

And here are some close ups of the finished card.

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I hope you enjoyed today’s tutorial. Don’t forget to bookmark it/pin it for future reference!

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Supplies I used:

Adhesive Sheets, MyStik® Permanent Strips, Extreme Double-Sided Tape 1/2″ from HomeHobby by 3L®, Gold Creative Photo Corners

Other supplies used:

Papers – Authentique Song 12×12″ (Harmony collection)
Stamps: Stampendous Mixed Media Cling Rubber Musical Motif, Cling Live Creatively
Embossing powder – Stampendous Gold Detail Embossing Powder
Inks: Jet Black StazOn Mini (Tsukineko), Tea Dye Distress Ink (Ranger Ink), clear embossing ink
Acrylic sheet – from Clear Scraps Mixable Lovely 5.75 x 7 Album
Ribbon – May Arts
Alpha Stickers – K&Co
Gold leafing

Have a fabulously creative week!

Big crafty hugs

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Library Card Gift Card Holder

Posted on May 12, 2015 by Latisha Yoast

Hello there, Latisha here with you today with a fun way to transform your stash of library card/pocket journaling cards, into a way to give a gift card or money!

Library Card Gift Card Holder by Latisha Yoast for Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L

Most library cards that come from a Scrapbook company, usually will have a nice pretty pattern to the front of the pocket holder. If not, you can always add pattern paper or stamp onto the holder to decorate it a bit. The card I am using today, came in a beautiful blue pattern, so it made for a great base to start with.

If you want to make something similar, like a photo pocket of sorts. Here is a tutorial I did on how to create your own pocket with just pattern paper and adhesive.

1. First I trimmed some pattern paper to the side I wanted, and adhered it to the front of my library card using Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L E-Z Dots Permanent Refillable runner.

2. Using black ink, stamp a Happy Birthday sentiment onto the top of the library card insert.

3. Using Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L E-Z Dots Permanent Refillable runner again, adhere the paper doily onto the front, then trimming off the excess. Adhere the pink striped pattern paper down as well.

4. Using Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L 3D Foam Squares (small, white), adhere the flair down. Not only will this adhere your flair down, but give the projects some needed depth.

5. For a little more contrast and depth, not to mention more pretty. I added some pink buttons using Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L Dodz small. These are super strong, and will keep these buttons down permanently.

Now your project is ready to write a sweet message, and there is room for a gift card or money. You can either put this in an envelope, attach it to a bottle of wine using ribbon, place it in a bouquet of flowers. Really the sky is the limit on how to present this gift!

Materials Used:

Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L E-Z Dots Permanent Refillable runner
Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L Dodz small
Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L 3D Foam Squares (white, small)
Fancy Pants Designs Library Card & Flair
Avery Elle Stamps
pink buttons
Tsukineko Versa Fine Onyx Black Ink
May Arts twine

Mom’s Day Card – Inspired by Michele Kovack

Posted on May 11, 2015 by Lisa Adametz

Happy Monday, sweet crafty friends. Lisa here with you today. I hope those of you who are moms had a wonderful Mother’s Day. I am not one, except for my beautiful kitties. That counts, right? 🙂 And I don’t live in the same state as my mom so I made her a Mom’s Day card below.

Mom's Day Card by Lisa Adametz for Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L

Mom’s Day Card Inspiration Point

When I was planning out my card, I found myself thinking about this beautiful You’re Special Shaker Card by Michele Kovack. I absolutely love Michele’s gorgeous, feminine style.

I did many things the same way that Michele did, but I always follow my own flow. What my own creative, crazy brain tells me to do. 🙂

Mom’s Day Card Basics

I created my A2 card base with the fold on the vertical. And, using a die, I created my card front out of patterned paper. Using the E-Z Runner® Permanent Strips Refillable I adhered the card front to the card base.

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Then, like Michele, I used a few dies to create my flowers out of felt. To hold the flowers securely together I used the Adhesive Dots 3D.

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Shaker Feature

Then I broke out the Keepsake Envelopes. Which just make THE best and easiest shaker cards ever! I chose to use a long, skinny rectangular envelope which is perfect for the shape & the size of my card. Then I just filled it with pretty sequins.

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Once I had the envelope filled and the flap sealed (there’s adhesive on the front flap and all over the back to make it transparent), I secured it in place to my card. I then used Adhesive Dots 3D and Adhesive Dots Medium to adhere and secure the flowers and leaves where I wanted them.

First, I die cut a piece of cardstock using a Doily die and cut it in half. And then stamped the word “Mom” on the center in dark blue ink. Then using E-Z Dots® Permanent I covered the backside of what I had cut and stamped. I like using the E-Z Dots® for fine details such as the Doily die since they are initially removable with a swipe of a finger before creating a permanent bond. Perfect for intricate dies!

Mom's Day Card by Lisa Adametz for Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L

Finishing Touches

The only thing extra that I did (after I tried to make the gorgeous bows like Michele did and failed desperately) added a little bit of ribbon to my card front. I adhered this down using the E-Z Runner® Permanent Fine Adhesive. This adhesive for the ribbon since it’s so perfect for vellum. It’s a great adhesive.

I love how the card turned out and I’m so grateful to Michele for her beautiful inspiration. We have a wonderfully talented team here on Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L®.

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Creative Time: 45 minutes
Skill Level: Intermediate

Materials Needed
Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L®
E-Z Dots® Permanent
E-Z Runner® Permanent Strips Refillable
Adhesive Dots 3D
E-Z Runner® Permanent Fine Adhesive
Adhesive Dots Medium
Keepsake Envelopes

Other
My Favorite Things Die-Namics Dies
Pebbles Patterned Paper
Essentials By Ellen Stamp (Amazing Women)
Pretty Pink Posh Sequins
Ribbon from stash

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Make a Wish Card-Drawing Inspiration from Asia King!

Posted on May 10, 2015 by Michele Kovack

Happy Mother’s Day to you! Michele here with a card that would work perfectly for Mother’s Day or even a graduation! Since they seem to be quite abundant in the month of May! I found this gorgeous Mr. and Mrs Wedding card from Asia King and knew I wanted to create the dimension and layers of flowers that she had. Somehow mine took a slightly different direction, but I guess it was meant to inspire….not copy! LOL!

I used this pretty fairy image instead of the bride and groom she had used. It was doused in glitter and nestled in the flowers and ribbons, just like she had done with her card.

Here is a breakdown of how I created my layers. 🙂

Notice I used the Creative Photo Corners in White? Asia had done that with her card as well. I wanted to give them a bit of sparkle, so I added a bit of glitter.

The best way to achieve dimension? Use Crafty Foam Tape! This is definitely something I use in almost every single card I made.

I wanted a little matte of black behind my card so I used the E-Z Runner® to adhere it. For many of the flowers and to keep the sentiment in place, I used Dodz Adhesive Dots Medium to keep it all where it should be.

And here is one last look at my finished card. 🙂

Have a wonderful day!

Supplies:

Dodz Adhesive Dots Medium
E-Z Runner®
Creative Photo Corners White
Crafty Foam Tape White
Die cut machine
Ribbon
Silk flowers
Sticker
Glitter
Pearls
Cardstock

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Mixed Media Gift Tag for Mother’s Day with 3D Foam Creative Sheets

Posted on May 8, 2015 by Stephanie Schütze

Hi there,

It’s Stephanie here today and I want to show you a mixed media Gift tag for Mother’s Day with my most used Adhesives, made for Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L®. I have also a Tutorial for you.

Mixed Media Mother's Day Tag by Stephanie Schutze for Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L

Here is how I made it.

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1 – First I prepared my topper for this gift tag and I used the Feather Duo die and awesome 3D Creative Sheets with my die cut machine.

2 – I peeled of the protective layer of one of the feathers and added different colors of embossing powders on it.

3 – After melting these with my heater I stamped with a script stamp and Stazon ink on it.

4 – I added a bit Modelling paste on the edges.

5 – And I added some gold pearls to the wet paste.

6 – Then I prepared my background for the gift tag while I adhered some paper scraps on a piece of mixed media sheet. I used my favorite adhesive, E-Z Dots® Permanent Refillable.

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